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• On the post: German Official Says It May Be Time To Break Up Google… Just Because

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 19 May, 2014 @ 10:18pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Ask and ye shall receive

  Say what you like, you're a clueless jackass full of sh!t.

• On the post: Comcast Says It's Going To Slap All Of Its Customers With Data Caps, Makes Half-Hearted Attempt To Walk Back Earlier Statements When Backlash Kicks In

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 19 May, 2014 @ 10:13pm

  Re: customers hate it

  Most end users don't use anywhere near what the cap is
  [Citation needed]

• On the post: German Official Says It May Be Time To Break Up Google… Just Because

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 19 May, 2014 @ 10:24pm

  Sigmar Gabriel is just a loudmouthed clown who lied to get data retention laws approved by claiming they helped in Norway to arrest Breyvik with the little problem that no such data retention was being done at the time.

• On the post: Dow Jones Wins Default In Questionable 'Hot News' Case

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 19 May, 2014 @ 07:54am

  Most US courts will simply give the party filing the lawsuit exactly what it wants if the other side doesn't show up.

  
  DVDFab anyone?

• On the post: Non-Luddite Alternative To The Authors Guild Launching

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 17 May, 2014 @ 01:59am

  Re:

  You mad, bro?

• On the post: Hollywood Is Still On The Wrong Side Of Net Neutrality

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 16 May, 2014 @ 10:08am

  Re: cool story bro

  You mad, bro?

• On the post: Police Ask Blogger To Take Down Tweets Critical Of UK Political Party

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 12 May, 2014 @ 10:07pm

  Re:

  You should take the fingers out of your ears and stop shouting "na, na, na, can't hear you" then.

• On the post: German Government Hires DC Law Firm To Threaten Its Own Parliament With Criminal Prosecution For Talking To Snowden

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 12 May, 2014 @ 08:39am

  Angie has he head so far up that brown nosing isn't the right term anymore. Volker Pispers knew this some years ago (sorry, couldn't find any more recent with English subs).

• On the post: Appeals Court Doesn't Understand The Difference Between Software And An API; Declares APIs Copyrightable

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 11 May, 2014 @ 10:10pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Yep, I'm still waiting for an edit function...

• On the post: Appeals Court Doesn't Understand The Difference Between Software And An API; Declares APIs Copyrightable

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 10 May, 2014 @ 05:27am

  Re: Re:

  D'uh, completely forgot about the gravatars cause I'm using Ghostery. Still, synonyms are easier than intricate gravatars.

• On the post: Appeals Court Doesn't Understand The Difference Between Software And An API; Declares APIs Copyrightable

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 10 May, 2014 @ 05:26am

  Re:

  Next time at least use a synonym so people don't conflate you with other ACs.

• On the post: Appeals Court Doesn't Understand The Difference Between Software And An API; Declares APIs Copyrightable

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 10 May, 2014 @ 05:07am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is truly astonishing.

  and gave a very convincing rationale.
  
  Actually, they didn't.

• On the post: Appeals Court Doesn't Understand The Difference Between Software And An API; Declares APIs Copyrightable

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 10 May, 2014 @ 05:02am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is truly astonishing.

  You seem to have a different take on the meaning of the word significant then.

• On the post: Copyright Industry Publishes Data-Free Report Claiming Pirate Sites Will Damage Computers

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 09 May, 2014 @ 10:49pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In a related story...

  Back in the day it was AVI and xvid which also meant no harm to the downloaders no matter how desperately the rightsholder claimed they would.

• On the post: Copyright Industry Publishes Data-Free Report Claiming Pirate Sites Will Damage Computers

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 09 May, 2014 @ 08:57am

  Re: Re: Re: In a related story...

  So what? Noone in their right mind downloaded such crappy formats. And if they did, they had it coming.

• On the post: Copyright Industry Publishes Data-Free Report Claiming Pirate Sites Will Damage Computers

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 08 May, 2014 @ 10:19pm

  Re: In a related story...

  "Yes, media files like MKVs can be infected with malware/viruses"
  
  - The rightsholders

• On the post: No, Every Person Does Not Owe The Movie & Music Industry $67 Million, But Copyright Is Still Broken

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 07 May, 2014 @ 10:12pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Hilarious is you jackasses claiming censorship being used while your bluushit is still readable.

• On the post: No, Every Person Does Not Owe The Movie & Music Industry $67 Million, But Copyright Is Still Broken

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 07 May, 2014 @ 10:06am

  Actually, the music industry owes ME for all the "you must be a pirate" levies I had to pay on storage media that I saved no copyrighted material to.

• On the post: Jeffrey Katzenberg: The New Pricing Model For Movies Will Be Based On The Viewer's Screen Size

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2014 @ 11:23pm

  Re: You're wrong!

  It's funny they already charge you more for the HD version compared to the SD version cause now ALL movies are done in HD so the more work goes into encoding an extra SD version (which should therefore cost more, traffic notwithstanding).

• On the post: Censorious Parent Calls Cops On Teen Giving Away Books In A Local Park

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2014 @ 07:16am

  Re: Shoot me now!

  One of the worst things about anything: overgeneralization.

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